Cast
Edgar Kennedy
Acting
Cast
Edgar Kennedy
Known for
Acting
Born
1890-04-25
From
Monterey, California, USA
Died
1948-11-09
Also known as E. Livingston Kennedy, Ed. Kennedy, Edward Kennedy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Livingston Kennedy (April 26, 1890 – November 9, 1948) was an American comedic film character actor, known as "Slow Burn". A slow burn is an exasperated facial expression, performed very deliberately; Kennedy embellished this by rubbing his hand over his bald head and across his face, in an attempt to hold his temper. Kennedy is best known for a small role as a lemonade vendor in the Marx Brothers film Duck Soup, as well as the many Hal Roach films he appeared in. Kennedy became so identified with frustration that practically every studio hired him to play hotheads. He often played dumb cops, detectives, and even a prison warden; sometimes he was a grouchy moving man, truck driver, or blue-collar workman. His character usually lost his temper at least once. In Diplomaniacs, Kennedy presides over an international tribunal, where Wheeler & Woolsey want to do something about world peace. "Well, ya can't do anything about it here", yells Kennedy, "this is a peace conference!" Kennedy, established as the poster boy for frustration, even starred in an instructional film titled The Other Fellow, in which loudmouthed roadhog Edgar always vents his anger on other drivers (each one played by Kennedy as well), little realizing that, to them, he is "the other fellow." Perhaps his most unusual roles were as a puppeteer in the detective mystery The Falcon Strikes Back and as a philosophical bartender inspired to create exotic cocktails in Harold Lloyd's last film, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947). He also played comical detectives opposite two titans of acting: John Barrymore in Twentieth Century (1934) and Rex Harrison in Unfaithfully Yours (1948); in the latter, he tells conductor Harrison that "Nobody handles Handel like you handle Handel." Kennedy died of throat cancer at the Motion Picture Hospital, San Fernando Valley on 9 November 1948. His body was interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California.
San Francisco
as Sheriff
Professional Sweetheart
as Kelsey
Small Town Girl
as Captain Mack
Tango Tangles
as Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
Duck Soup
as Street Vendor
Anchors Aweigh
as Police Captain
The Knockout
as Cyclone Flynn (uncredited)
Gridiron Flash
as Officer Thurston
Unfaithfully Yours
as Sweeney
Heat Lightning
as Herbert
A Star Is Born
as Pop Randall
Bacon Grabbers
as Collis P. Kennedy
Crazy House
as Judge
Scandal Street
as Daniel Webster Smith
The Quarterback
as Pops
Welcome Danger
as SFPD Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Dummy Ache
as Edgar
Woman Wanted
as Sweeney
Wrong Direction
as Edgar, Movie Director
In Old California
as Kegs McKeever
The Booster
Quiet Please!
as Edgar Kennedy
Twentieth Century
as Oscar McGonigle
Clock Wise
as Edgar
Hey! Hey! USA
as Bugs Leary
It Happened Tomorrow
as Insp. Mulrooney
The Rounders
as (uncredited)
Shivering Shakespeare
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Blondie in Society
as Dr. Glenn
Getting Acquainted
as Policeman (uncredited)
Baby Daze
as Edgar Kennedy
Little Big Shot
as Onderdonk
Finger Prints
as O.K. McDuff (as Ed Kennedy)
Double Wedding
as Spike
Rockabye
as Water Wagon Driver (uncredited)
Bombs!
as Tony Peanutty - Italian Ward Leader
His Bitter Pill
as Diamond Dan - Jim's Rival
A Flirt's Mistake
as Rajah
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Restaurant Owner / Banks' Butler (uncredited)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
Hollywood Hotel
as Callaghan
Crazy Feet
as Policeman
Act Your Age
as Edgar
Caught in a Cabaret
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)
Making a Living
as Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
Night Owls
as Officer Kennedy
My Dream Is Yours
as Uncle Charlie
A Thief Catcher
as Crook (uncredited)
The Finishing Touch
as Cop (as Ed Kennedy)
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Arthur Bailey
The Silver Streak
as O'Brien
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Sheriff Judd
It's a Wonderful World
as Lieutenant Miller
All of Me
as Guard (uncredited)
Super-Sleuth
as Police Lt. Garrison
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Jake the Bartender
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Captain Bullwinkle
The Penguin Pool Murder
as Officer Donovan
'Curses!' They Remarked
as Ethel's Former Boyfriend
Bangville Police
as 3rd Deputy
When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'A Pair of Tights' (archive footage)
Kid Millions
as Herman Wilson
Hitler's Madman
as Nepomuk - the Hermit
Quick Millions
as Cop (uncredited)
The Gay Old Bird
as Chauffeur
Three Men on a Horse
as Harry, the Bartender
Unaccustomed as We Are
as Officer Kennedy
Their First Execution
Dough and Dynamite
as Striking Baker
Bad Company
as Buffington-Doorman
Prunes and Politics
as Edgar
Air Raid Wardens
as Joe Bledsoe
Poisoned Ivory
as Edgar Kennedy
The Falcon Strikes Back
as Smiley Dugan
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
as Edgar
The Boy Friend
as The Cop
We're Rich Again
as Healy, Process Server
Brick-a-Brac
as Edgar
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
as Happy Moran
Madame Q
as Judge Kennedy
A Bath House Beauty
as Jealous Boyfriend
Gentlemen of Nerve
as Policeman
$1,000 a Minute
as Police Officer McCarthy
Murder on the Blackboard
as Detective Donahue
King for a Night
as Cop
Madcap Ambrose
as A City Chap
Tillie and Gus
as Judge
Mad Holiday
as Donovan
True Confession
as Darsey
Mabel's Busy Day
as Tough Hot Dog Customer (uncredited)
Feather Your Nest
as Edgar
Two Tars
as Motorist
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Audience Member / Cop in Movie
Heaven Only Knows
as Judd
Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
as Police Chief Murphy
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Golfer (uncredited)
Little Orphan Annie
as Daddy Warbucks
Fatty Joins the Force
as Jealous Cop
Remedy for Riches
as George Browning
Cruel, Cruel Love
as Butler
The Riot
as Cop
Perfect Day
as Uncle Edgar
Scarlet River
as Sam Gilroy
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
as George Browning
The Gusher
as Cop (uncredited)
The Chinese Parrot
as Maydorf
Variety Time
as Edgar Kennedy (footage from 'I'll Build It Myself') (archive footage)
The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footage
The Great Alaskan Mystery
as Bosun Higgins
The Night Message
as Lem Beeman
Hold 'Em Jail
as Warden Elmer Jones
There's One Born Every Minute
as Mayor Moe Carson
Sandy Gets Her Man
as Fire Chief Galvin
The Black Doll
as Sheriff Renick
The Bride Comes Home
as Henry
Paths to Paradise
as Detective (uncredited)
The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
Radio Rampage
as Edgar
Edgar & Goliath
as Edgar
Never the Twins Shall Meet
as Mr. Carp
Beaux and Errors
as Edgar Kennedy
A Muddy Romance
as Water Policeman
His Favorite Pastime
as Tough Guy in Bar
Money Means Nothing
as Herbert Green
Cross Fire
as Ed Wimpy
Across the Pacific
as Cpl. Ryan
Westward Passage
as Elmer
Gasoloons
as Edgar Kennedy
Little Accident
as Paper Hanger
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Husband (uncredited)
Private Snuffy Smith
as Sgt. Ed Cooper
Feed 'em and Weep
The Our Gang Story
as Officer (archive footage)
Dollar Dizzy
as Quimby the Lawyer
Yours for the Asking
as Bicarbonate
The Golden Princess
as Gewilliker Hay
Whose Baby?
as The Detective
Tramp Trouble
as Edgar
All Parts
Maid to Order
as Edgar
Wished on Mabel
as Cop
Dumb Daddies
as The Cop
They Had to See Paris
as Ed Eggers (uncredited)
When the Wind Blows
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
as Chairman - Peace Conference
Li'l Abner
as Cornelius Cornpone
The Girl from Monterrey
as Doc Hogan, Fight Promoter
The Gangsters
as Henchman
The Bowling Match
as Bowling Alley Operator
A Quiet Little Wedding
as Wedding Guest
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Lover
What, No Cigarettes
as Edgar Kennedy
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Café Proprietor
Living on Velvet
as Counterman
The Ghosts
as Kennedy
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as German Prison Guard (uncredited)
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Edgar Kennedy
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Officer Kennedy (archive footage)
Leave 'Em Laughing
as Cop
Duck Soup
as Edgar
Hearts and Flowers
as Pete
Drafted in the Depot
as Edgar Kennedy
A Film Johnnie
as Director (uncredited)
Moan & Groan, Inc.
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition
as 1st Street Crowd Participant (uncredited)
Peeping Pete
as The Cop
When's Your Birthday?
as Mr. Basscombe
The Family Group
as A Photographer
The Marines Are Coming
as Sgt. Buck Martin
She Loved Him Plenty
Flirting with Danger
as Jimmie Pierson
Thieves
Mabel at the Wheel
as Spectator in Grandstand (uncredited)
The Cowboy Millionaire
as Willy 'Persimmon' Bates
I'll Build It Myself
as Edgar
A Pair of Tights
as Marion's Boyfriend's Boss
All's Swell on the Ocean
Love and Bullets
as The Trouble Mender
Moonlight and Monkey Business
as Detective
The Trouble With Wives
as Detective (as Edward Kennedy)
Sunk by the Census
as Edgar
The Blue Streak
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ears of Experience
as Edgar
My Old Dutch
as Bill Sproat
High Gear
as Cop
Help Wanted, Female
Rastus and the Game Cock
as Spectator
Trouble or Nothing
as Edgar
The Other Fellow
as Four Roles
Next Door Neighbors
as Howard J. Green
In the Clutches of the Gang
as Cop
Carnival Boat
as Baldy
Everything's on Ice
as Joe Barton
Brother Knows Best
as Edgar Kennedy
All Teed Up
as Thelma's Father (uncredited)
Going Ga-Ga
as Cop
The Wrong Mr. Wright
as Trayguard
Going Crooked
as Detective
Pardon My Stripes
as Warden Bingham
Fatal Lady
as Rudolf Hochstetter
Mabel’s Wilful Way
as Fatty's Pal
Wedding Bills
as Detective
The Big Beef
as Edgar Kennedy
Sandy Is a Lady
as Officer Rafferty
Fish Feathers
as Edgar Kennedy
Little Billy's Triumph
The Late Lamented
as Art Gallery Operator
Rough on Rents
as Edgar Kennedy
Mabel’s Awful Mistakes
The Great Vacuum Robbery
as 2nd Thief
Hold Your Temper
as Edgar
Dad's Day
as Michael Kennedy
Love on a Ladder
as Edgar
Will Power
as Edgar Kennedy
Imagine My Embarrassment
Hillbilly Blitzkrieg
as Sgt. Homer Gatling
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Sheriff Gregory
Motor Maniacs
as Edgar Kennedy
Angora Love
as Landlord
Trent's Last Case
as Inspector Murch
Parlor, Bedroom and Wrath
as Edgar
The Stolen Triumph
as Edwin Rowley, Jr.
Laugh It Off
as Judge John J. McGuinnis
Rendezvous at Midnight
as Mahoney
The Return of Jimmy Valentine
as Callahan
I'll Fix It
as Edgar
Love and Rubbish
as 1st Cop
Great Gobs!
as 2nd Sailor
Margie
as Chauncey
Something for Nothing
as Ptomaine Tommy
The First Seven Years
as Kennedy the Cop (uncredited)
Oh! What a Nurse!
as Eric Johnson
Doctor's Orders
as Mary's Father / Gertie's Uncle
Hotter Than Hot
The Better 'Ole
as Corporal Austin
The Spot on the Rug
as Jake
Dumb's the Word
as Edgar Kennedy
Do or Diet
as Edgar
Son of the Border
as Windy
In Love at 40
as Edgar Kennedy
He's a Honey
Giggle Water
as Edgar
The People vs. Nancy Preston
as Gloomy Gus
Safe in Jail
as 1st Crook
Hurdy Gurdy
as Officer Ed Kennedy
Leading Lizzie Astray
as The Slicker's Chauffeur
Bad Housekeeping
as Edgar
Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as Inspector Dailey
Now's the Time
Bigger and Better
as Uncle Ed Sutton
The Head Guy
as Station Master Kennedy (uncredited)
Puppets of Fate
as Mike Reynolds
A Clean Sweep
as Edgar
Limousine Love
as The Husband, Mr Glenders
Kennedy the Great
as Edgar Kennedy
Looser Than Loose
as Night Club Patron
Girl Shock
as Fiancee's Father
Chasing Husbands
Mother's Boy
as Mug
Racing for Life
as Tom Grady
A Blasted Event
as Edgar
Stepping Out
as Diner's Owner
The Love Thief
as The Rival
A Noise from the Deep
The Rural Third Degree
as Cop
Skirts
The Speed Kings
as Laughing Spectator
Fatty’s Reckless Fling
as Neighbor
You Drive Me Crazy
as Edgar
Gangs Of The City
as Biff
The Noise of Bombs
as Police Chief
The Gas Station
as Detective
A Scoundrel's Toll
as Peter X. Bush - Streetcar Superintendent
The Real McCoy
as Cicero the Cop
The Guide
as An American Tourist
What Fur
as Edgar
Mabel's New Hero
as Cop
Vocalizing
as Edgar Kennedy
The Wandering Two
Fight and Win
The Bride Wore Crutches
as Police Captain McGuire
A Trailer Tragedy
as Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Hamlet
as Edgar
Inferior Decorator
as Edgar
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day
as The cafe waiter (uncredited)
That Little Band Of Gold
as Diner / Man in Audience (uncredited)
Off to Buffalo
The Big Squawk
as Orchestra Leader
Westward Ho-Hum
as Edgar
Love Fever
as Thelma's Last Rescuer
The Fight Pest
'Taint Legal
as Edgar
The Sky Pirate
as The Sky Pirate
Mutiny in the County
as Edgar Kennedy
An Incompetent Hero
as Fatty's Neighbor
It's Your Move
as Edgar Kennedy
Algy on the Force
as Cop
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
as Suitor
Zuzu, the Band Leader
as Caesar - Zuzu's Rival
He Loved the Ladies
as The Wife's Brother
A Quiet Fourth
as Edgar
Why Is a Plumber?
Cooks and Crooks
as Edgar
Fatty's New Role
as Handout-Giver (uncredited)
A Ride for a Bride
as Mustached Man
High and Dry
Wall Street Blues
as The Crook
Fifty Million Husbands
as Officer Kennedy
Dig That Gold
as Edgar Kennedy
Ladies Last
as Man in Phone Booth
A Merchant of Menace
as Edgar
An Apple in His Eye
as Edgar Kennedy
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
as Shell Game Operator
The Little Girl Next Door
as Hank Hall
Hot Foot
as Edgar
The Big Kick
as Detective
Mad About Moonshine
as Edgar
Art in the Raw
Contest Crazy
as Edgar
Four Times Foiled
His Luckless Love
as The Maid's Boyfriend
The Battling Fool
as Dan O'Leary (as Ed Kennedy)
Rebecca's Wedding Day
as The Groom
Is Everybody Happy?
Watch Your Neighbor
as An Innocent Bystander
Good Housewrecking
Sock Me to Sleep
as Edgar